And I didn't mention "old" versus "new" - I was looking at traditional versus non-traditional, or at least what lots of people consider to be TMA.

Which are the "TMA" that don't do forms out of interest? I've had a good think and can't come up with many/any, although my CMA knowledge is limited at best so I accept there may be loads of kung fu styles that don't.

I wonder if sumo counts as tradition. I don't think they have forms.

It seems to me that the Sanjuriu Martial Art is not in guestion, but, rather the character of Mr. Galt.
-AkidoMom

I dunno how it works in English, in German you'd say there's a difference between "traditional" and "traditionalist", with "traditionalist" meaning (and I'll simplify a lot here) that a person or a group of people have made the more or less conscious decision that there's, for a example, a certain custom that's worth the be preserved.

It has a certain museum quality to it. Sort of like trying make a niche for something that would not have survived on its own; mainly concerned with the preservation itself, in cases without any actual connection to its original meaning or use.

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